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Florida State 1985 Recruiting Class

How do you measure a good recruiting class? How about a great recruiting class?

This 1985 Florida State recruiting class seems to have been the main one behind the Seminole Dynasty period which lasted from 1987 until 2000. I wrote about that period in Florida State history a few years back: Dynasty

Bobby Bowden had been building a program at Florida State since 1976 and things had been going well for them. But, 1987 is the year that the Seminoles became a super power. They won 2 national titles in that period, and they finished in the top 4 every year for the next 14 seasons.

Recruiting is the life blood of any college football team and this 1985 recruiting class may have been the driving force in the beginning of the Florida State that we know today.

No doubt, the best player in this class was Deion Sanders. The Pro Football Hall of Fame member was a game breaker at either Cornerback, or as a return man.

Deion also probably set the standard for trash talk.

Sammie Smith was a top Running Back and one of the most highly ranked and recruited in the class of 1985. He ran for over 1,200 yards in 1987 and he became the 9th guy taken in the 1st round of the 1989 NFL Draft.